Software Procurement A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition
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How do hardware constraints affect software productivity? What are the learnings and opportunities to improve future contracts/ procurements? Is the contracting officer trained and experienced in information technology procurement? How can project managers maintain momentum during an extended implementation process? What barriers, level of investment and return on investment (ROI) can be expected?
Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role… In EVERY group, company, organization and department.
Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?'
This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Software Procurement investments work better.
This Software Procurement All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person.
All the tools you need to an in-depth Software Procurement Self-Assessment. Featuring 2196 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Software Procurement improvements can be made.
In using the questions you will be better able to:
- diagnose Software Procurement projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices
- implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals
- integrate recent advances in Software Procurement and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines
Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Software Procurement Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Software Procurement areas need attention.
Your purchase includes access details to the Software Procurement self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria:
- The latest quick edition of the book in PDF
- The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...
- The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard
- Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation
- In-depth and specific Software Procurement Checklists
- Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation
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Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.
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Software Procurement A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition - Gerardus Blokdyk
Software Procurement
Complete Self-Assessment Guide
The guidance in this Self-Assessment is based on Software Procurement best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management. The guidance is also based on the professional judgment of the individual collaborators listed in the Acknowledgments.
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About The Art of Service
The Art of Service, Business Process Architects since 2000, is dedicated to helping stakeholders achieve excellence.
Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a stakeholders challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role… In EVERY group, company, organization and department.
Unless you’re talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions.
Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, ‘What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?’
With The Art of Service’s Standard Requirements Self-Assessments, we empower people who can do just that — whether their title is marketer, entrepreneur, manager, salesperson, consultant, Business Process Manager, executive assistant, IT Manager, CIO etc... —they are the people who rule the future. They are people who watch the process as it happens, and ask the right questions to make the process work better.
Contact us when you need any support with this Self-Assessment and any help with templates, blue-prints and examples of standard documents you might need:
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Included Resources - how to access
Included with your purchase of the book is the Software Procurement Self-Assessment Spreadsheet Dashboard which contains all questions and Self-Assessment areas and auto-generates insights, graphs, and project RACI planning - all with examples to get you started right away.
How? Simply send an email to
access@theartofservice.com
with this books’ title in the subject to get the Software Procurement Self Assessment Tool right away.
You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria:
•The latest quick edition of the book in PDF
•The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in...
•The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard, and...
•Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation
•In-depth specific Checklists covering the topic
•Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation
INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES
Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.
Get it now- you will be glad you did - do it now, before you forget.
Send an email to access@theartofservice.com with this books’ title in the subject to get the Software Procurement Self Assessment Tool right away.
Purpose of this Self-Assessment
This Self-Assessment has been developed to improve understanding of the requirements and elements of Software Procurement, based on best practices and standards in business process architecture, design and quality management.
It is designed to allow for a rapid Self-Assessment to determine how closely existing management practices and procedures correspond to the elements of the Self-Assessment.
The criteria of requirements and elements of Software Procurement have been rephrased in the format of a Self-Assessment questionnaire, with a seven-criterion scoring system, as explained in this document.
In this format, even with limited background knowledge of Software Procurement, a manager can quickly review existing operations to determine how they measure up to the standards. This in turn can serve as the starting point of a ‘gap analysis’ to identify management tools or system elements that might usefully be implemented in the organization to help improve overall performance.
How to use the Self-Assessment
On the following pages are a series of questions to identify to what extent your Software Procurement initiative is complete in comparison to the requirements set in standards.
To facilitate answering the questions, there is a space in front of each question to enter a score on a scale of ‘1’ to ‘5’.
1 Strongly Disagree
2 Disagree
3 Neutral
4 Agree
5 Strongly Agree
Read the question and rate it with the following in front of mind:
‘In my belief,
the answer to this question is clearly defined’.
There are two ways in which you can choose to interpret this statement;
1.how aware are you that the answer to the question is clearly defined
2.for more in-depth analysis you can choose to gather evidence and confirm the answer to the question. This obviously will take more time, most Self-Assessment users opt for the first way to interpret the question and dig deeper later on based on the outcome of the overall Self-Assessment.
A score of ‘1’ would mean that the answer is not clear at all, where a ‘5’ would mean the answer is crystal clear and defined. Leave emtpy when the question is not applicable or you don’t want to answer it, you can skip it without affecting your score. Write your score in the space provided.
After you have responded to all the appropriate statements in each section, compute your average score for that section, using the formula provided, and round to the nearest tenth. Then transfer to the corresponding spoke in the Software Procurement Scorecard on the second next page of the Self-Assessment.
Your completed Software Procurement Scorecard will give you a clear presentation of which Software Procurement areas need attention.
Software Procurement
Scorecard Example
Example of how the finalized Scorecard can look like:
Software Procurement
Scorecard
Your Scores:
BEGINNING OF THE
SELF-ASSESSMENT:
Table of Contents
About The Art of Service7
Included Resources - how to access7
Purpose of this Self-Assessment9
How to use the Self-Assessment10
Software Procurement
Scorecard Example12
Software Procurement
Scorecard13
BEGINNING OF THE
SELF-ASSESSMENT:14
CRITERION #1: RECOGNIZE15
CRITERION #2: DEFINE:23
CRITERION #3: MEASURE:36
CRITERION #4: ANALYZE:44
CRITERION #5: IMPROVE:57
CRITERION #6: CONTROL:68
CRITERION #7: SUSTAIN:78
Software Procurement and Managing Projects, Criteria for Project Managers:131
1.0 Initiating Process Group: Software Procurement132
1.1 Project Charter: Software Procurement134
1.2 Stakeholder Register: Software Procurement136
1.3 Stakeholder Analysis Matrix: Software Procurement137
2.0 Planning Process Group: Software Procurement139
2.1 Project Management Plan: Software Procurement141
2.2 Scope Management Plan: Software Procurement143
2.3 Requirements Management Plan: Software Procurement145
2.4 Requirements Documentation: Software Procurement148
2.5 Requirements Traceability Matrix: Software Procurement150
2.6 Project Scope Statement: Software Procurement152
2.7 Assumption and Constraint Log: Software Procurement154
2.8 Work Breakdown Structure: Software Procurement156
2.9 WBS Dictionary: Software Procurement158
2.10 Schedule Management Plan: Software Procurement161
2.11 Activity List: Software Procurement163
2.12 Activity Attributes: Software Procurement165
2.13 Milestone List: Software Procurement167
2.14 Network Diagram: Software Procurement169
2.15 Activity Resource Requirements: Software Procurement171
2.16 Resource Breakdown Structure: Software Procurement172
2.17 Activity Duration Estimates: Software Procurement174
2.18 Duration Estimating Worksheet: Software Procurement177
2.19 Project Schedule: Software Procurement179
2.20 Cost Management Plan: Software Procurement181
2.21 Activity Cost Estimates: Software Procurement183
2.22 Cost Estimating Worksheet: Software Procurement185
2.23 Cost Baseline: Software Procurement187
2.24 Quality Management Plan: Software Procurement189
2.25 Quality Metrics: Software Procurement191
2.26 Process Improvement Plan: Software Procurement193